Critics Group (9 results)

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description; 1 vol. Subjects; Communism and literature -- Periodicals. Literature -- Periodicals. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description; 1 vol. Subjects; Communism and literature -- Periodicals. Literature -- Periodicals. 1 Kg.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. c.1937, Very Good Plus/no djs, octavo, 4 issues: c.32pp. each, stapled stiff softcover booklets, bindings tight, texts unmarked.

First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); original grey staplebound wrappers printed in blue; 31pp. Extremities a bit toned, else About Fine. Organ of Critics Group, an alliance of Marxist literary and art critics headed by Puerto Rican scholar Angel Flores. Includes the essays "The Dialectical Development of Thomas Mann," by Eugene Lundberg; "André Gide vs. the USSR," by Lion Feuchtwanger; and "The Marxist Approach to Art," by Milton W. Brown.

First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); original pale grey decorative staplebound card wrappers printed in orange; 32pp. A bit dust-soiled with minor edge wear, else Very Good. Dialectics was the official organ of Critics Group, an alliance of Marxist literary and art critics headed by Puerto Ricanscholar Angel Flores.

Paperback. 95pp card covers, NY 1937 *Engels, Mehring, Plekhanov & Lunacharsky. Worn.

Magazine. Seven issues in original wraps, generally good condition but pages are toned, otherwise only mild wear and soiling to some covers. Authors include Paul LaFargue, Franz Mehring, Joseph Kresh, J.B.S. Haldane, Mark Rosenthal, and others.

Nine issues of the staplebound digest-format journal, generally very good but for old ownership initials inside the cover of the first issue, otherwise only mild wear to some covers. A complete run. Main editor was Angel Flores. *Goldwater 66. Authors include Paul LaFargue, Franz Mehring, Joseph Kresh, J.B.S. Haldane, Mark Rosenthal, and others.

First Edition. Nine original issues. 12mo; staple-bound printed wrappers; 32pp per issue. Occasional mild foxing or cover soil, else well-preserved and free of significant wear; Very Good. Dialectics was the official organ of Critics Group, an alliance of Marxist literary and art critics headed by Puerto Rican literary critic Angel Flores. The group's work, in the words of Walter Goldwater, "stayed within the Communist Party line." The journal printed new critical essays by American Marxist scholars as well as translations of classic works of Russian criticism by Plekhanov, Lenin, Marx, and others. Issues 3-8 print an ongoing series of bibliographies: "Dialectics and the Sciences;" "Psychology and Marxism;" "Soviet Literature;" etc. Critics Group also issued a series of monographs under the series title "Critics Group Pamphlets." GOLDWATER 66.